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Jon Moulton's working day

THE BOSS of Alchemy usually wakes up at 6.30am in his home near Sevenoaks, Kent. “I give the wife a swift hug, which encourages her to go down and get the tea.” After tea, Jon Moulton drinks a fruit juice and drives himself to the station.

Most days he gets into his London office by 8am, though he also spends a week every month travelling between the firms Alchemy invests in.

Much of his time in London is spent working through the deals that come in uninvited — Alchemy is offered between 25 and 30 a week at the moment.

Nearly all are rejected. “A lot of them I sort out myself quickly and efficiently on the phone,” says Moulton.

He rarely goes out for lunch — Alchemy has its own in-house chef — and he finishes work “some time between 6pm and 11pm”.